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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / March 2004Word formatting problem on long document (300+ pages)
I start out using "Normal" which is Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, justified. The bulleted items are Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, justified, Right margin 0.25", Hanging 0.25" and Paragraph After 6 pt. There are some specific words that are italicized, and some specific words are bold italics. When I do any editing on this for any reason, I save after each change, scroll down through it before doing a final save, and all the bulleted items are formatted correctly. As of yesterday, I started from 07-05-94 and went down through 12-16-97 and everything was formatted correctly when I did the final save. However, when I opened the file up this morning to begin editing at 01-20-98, I noticed that some of the bulleted items were randomly changed to bold, italics, indented differently, and centered. I cannot think of any explanation for this happening but I have worked on this file approximately 5 fives in the last week, and have had to start over from the beginning with the formatting of the bulleted items. Any thoughts? Thanks. Hi Cathy > I start out using "Normal" which is Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, > justified. The bulleted items are Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, > justified, Right margin 0.25", Hanging 0.25" and Paragraph After 6 pt. Are you using the bullets-button on the toolbar? Be ware, it's EVIL!! If you haven't already done this, define a style for your bulleted paragraphs, add the bullet properties in the style definition, and apply the style wherever you need bullets. 2cents .bob ..Word-MVP  Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X Against HTML / \ in e-mail & news I've been using the toolbar buttons & numbers option. What's evil? Is all hell gonna break loose one day? Tortfeasor Cell#99@CountyJail |Hi Cathy | [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] |.bob |..Word-MVP Hi Tort > I've been using the toolbar buttons & numbers option. What's evil? > Is all hell gonna break loose one day? ListTemplate hell, why not :-) Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie) http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado) http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/CureListNumbering.htm How to do it manually: http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html I'd it depends on what you are using the toolbar for, or rather: what kinds of documents you are creating. For short letters and stuff, you might never face any problems. But with large documents, or a lot of copying between documents, whenever you need consistency within or between document(s), you will most probably run into troubles sooner or later when your bullets and (outline) numbering isn't (at least) style based. Greetinx .bob ..Word-MVP Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X Against HTML / \ in e-mail & news Thanks for the links and the answer. So to use a scholarly outline, something with more than two or maybe three levels, it's best to stay away from the toolbar buttons, and to to Styles instead? Please correct if I've got that wrong. Tortfeasor Cell#99@CountyJail |Hi Tort | [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] |.bob |..Word-MVP The question isn't how many levels but rather how much editing. If you are going to be moving things around, adding and deleting, you want to be using styles. Once you have them set up, using them is very easy. Avoid using the numbering button on the toolbar (also the bullet button) in documents that are going to be edited much. Avoid using them in setting up any templates. SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. -- Charles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Thanks for the links and the answer. So to use a scholarly outline, > something with more than two or maybe three levels, it's best to stay [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > |.bob > |..Word-MVP Hi Tort > Thanks for the links and the answer. So to use a scholarly outline, > something with more than two or maybe three levels, it's best to stay > away from the toolbar buttons, and to to Styles instead? Well, if you have more than 3 levels, I pray for your readers. ;-) But yes, it's good practice to use styles for that, anyway. You might be interested in the following article for your purpose: Creating a Template (Part II, by John McGhie) http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm Greetinx .bob ..Word-MVP Signature/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign \ / X Against HTML / \ in e-mail & news Bullets are part of the list numbering templates problem in Word. See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document <URL: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html>. This will show you how to set up styles to handle your bullets. If you want to really understand this, it is based on ... Word's Numbering Explained <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm> How to Create a Template, Part II <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm> Seven Laws of Outline Numbering <URL: http://www.microsystems.com/fra_sevenlawsofoutlinenumbering.htm> The following are some discussions on the Microsoft newsgroups on numbering: Nightmare on ListNumbering Street <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=9e790fa7ed2886b3,18&ic=1> The Joy of Lists <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=811287ebce8fc203,15&ic=1> Relinking ListTemplates <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=2350746054c838e,12&ic=1> Outline numbering: restart doesn't restart <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=2168093ed1c9eaed,6&se ekm=muq2hs47vabsq381ngrm7fdmqj4s2e4ab2@4ax.com#p> Format Doesn't "Hold" <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=3a351382011420bf,5&se ekm=RXz39CAcCC$4Iwap@syntagma.demon.co.uk#p> (above list compiled by Dave Rado, Word MVP) ListNumbering Street Revisited <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=57df77857e4993ce> See the latest numbering discussion I've seen, especially post #4 which contains Dave Rado's concise instructions for setting up heading numbering. <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=bce07d7714769f5c> SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > I start out using "Normal" which is Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, > justified. The bulleted items are Times New Roman font, regular, size 10, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Any thoughts? Thanks. Thanks to both of you, Robert and Charles. I'll forward this information on to my client and see if this helps. I appreciate your responses. Cathy > Bullets are part of the list numbering templates problem in Word. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > How to Create a Template, Part II > <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm> > Seven Laws of Outline Numbering > <URL: http://www.microsystems.com/fra_sevenlawsofoutlinenumbering.htm> > > The following are some discussions on the Microsoft newsgroups on numbering: > Nightmare on ListNumbering Street <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=9e790fa7ed2886b3,18&ic=1> > The Joy of Lists <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=811287ebce8fc203,15&ic=1> > Relinking ListTemplates <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=2350746054c838e,12&ic=1> > Outline numbering: restart doesn't restart <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=2168093ed1c9eaed,6&se ekm=muq2hs47vabsq381ngrm7fdmqj4s2e4ab2@4ax.com#p> > Format Doesn't "Hold" <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=3a351382011420bf,5&se ekm=RXz39CAcCC$4Iwap@syntagma.demon.co.uk#p> > (above list compiled by Dave Rado, Word MVP) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > contains Dave Rado's concise instructions for setting up heading numbering. > <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=bce07d7714769f5c> > > I start out using "Normal" which is Times New Roman font, regular, size > 10, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Any thoughts? 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